"I heard the little tyrant drew his sword and killed two assassins on the day of the selection?"
Tang Zhi: "There were three."
"How do you know?"
Tang Zhi (smiling through her tears): I was there. I was the fourth.
*
After a car accident, Tang Zhi wakes up inside a book as an assassin disguised as a palace beauty, sent to kill the villainous tyrant.
Of course, the assassination fails.
The blood of the first three girls is still warm when the tyrant's sword points at her. He smiles, but there's no warmth in his eyes.
"And you? What tricks have you prepared?"
Tang Zhi trembles. "Well... would Your Majesty like me to perform a chest-busting-stone trick?"
Murong Min: "."
It's hard to explain how things unfolded. In short, she became Murong Min's favorite consort, and he carried her around in his pocket wherever he went.
The young tyrant's moods are unpredictable. He flies into a rage at random every day, his catchphrase is "execute the entire clan," and his favorite pastime is wiping out entire households.
Tang Zhi's main job is to watch him throw tantrums from the sidelines.
Tang Zhi at first: Save me, save me, save me!
Tang Zhi later: I'm numb. Whatever happens, happens.
But on the Lantern Festival, she slips and accidentally dies taking a blade meant for the tyrant.
When she wakes again, three years have passed.
Her new body belongs to a supporting female character in the book. Her main job is to marry the male lead as his princess consort and make life difficult for the female lead, who is his secondary consort.
On her wedding day, she dutifully puts on her bridal gown and climbs into the sedan chair headed for the prince's residence.
Just as the ceremony is about to conclude, the Imperial Guards surround the residence.
Amid the panic, Tang Zhi lifts her red bridal veil and sees the young man with ink-dark brows once again.
He smiles faintly at Tang Zhi.
"I came to see who intends to marry my empress."
*
Murong Min knows his favorite consort is an assassin.
He patiently waits for the fox to show its tail.
But she's greedy and playful, always clumsy and chatterbox, and far too timid. All she does is make him angry, again and again.
He is utterly irritated.
Until the Lantern Festival, when she dies in his arms.
Fireworks blaze for ten miles, but all sound falls silent in his ears.
So... this is how quiet the world can be.
*
[In the eighth year of Yongning, a palace coup broke out during the Lantern Festival, and the Noble Consort was assassinated.
The young emperor of the Murong clan, notorious for his cruelty, flew into a thunderous rage.
That day, blood flowed for a thousand miles, and a million corpses littered the land.
The court and countryside alike were plunged into mourning.]
(Double C, happy ending)
[Synopsis screenshotted on April 17]
Theme: Cherish the people by your side
